County profile
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
United States · US territory
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP
no BEA GDP
GDP growth (YoY)
1 yr only
Jobs tracked
34,160
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,811
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
155,388
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$112.7k±$4.3k
Bachelor's degree+
34.9%±1.4%
Poverty rate
7.1%±1.0%
Business applications
2,266 · 2025
Retail establishments
472
31.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Retail trade33%
Food & accommodation20%
Health care19%
Professional services10%
Construction10%
Transportation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
155,388
residents · 2025 · +10.5% since 2020
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+10,769
International migration+2,065
Natural change+2,055
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$404.9k±$8.2k
Median gross rent
$1.8k/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
5.3%±0.7%
Affordability
7.9× wages
Residential permits
$224.5M
681 units · 4.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
52.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 77Strong wind 76Earthquake 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4162016
4432017
4562018
4732019
4912020
5552021
6402022
6792023
7352024
7422025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -58% since 20211,6152021
1,6522022
1,0892023
7072024
6812025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.3 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
17.3 km
CSXT
Nearest port
51.2 km
POSSUM POINT VA VA ELEC&PWR CO
Nearest commercial airport
69.8 km
CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALBEMARLE
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.6k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is Spotsylvania County’s economy like?
Spotsylvania County is home to 155,388 residents and 34,160 jobs across 2,811 employers, led by retail trade. BEA does not publish state-level GDP for US territories, so no GDP figure is shown.
GDP: BEA (2025), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.